Savory Morsels
- A?faxnOTß wit, lying on his death-bed, ■»iit?ffi£swo lawyers, who, expecting to earn a handsome: fee for making a will, Kastened to the death chamber, xhe dying man beckoned the one to a chair on hi* right, and the other to one on his left. Thus a lengthy pause ensued, at last broken by one of the limbs of the law interrogating the wit in what way they could serve him. " Sit still, sit still," -he said in an already very feeble voice, Sjjwjjh to die like my Saviour." The Other Side of the Case.—A poetess bad begun a poem in uncompromising blank Terse on the degeneracy of man— "Man was a noble being once; but j, e —_" And here she was compelled to leave it. A degenerate one came in and took the liberty of helping her forward a little—" Would probably have remained go; but she——"
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5094, 15 May 1885, Page 3
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149Savory Morsels Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5094, 15 May 1885, Page 3
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